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The Book of Job: A Biography
Mark Larrimore
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In our Hearts we were Giants: The Remark­able Sto­ry of the Lil­liput Troupe‑A Dwarf Fam­i­ly’s Sur­vival of the Holocaust
Yehuda Koren & Ellat Negev
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Anti­semitism and the Amer­i­can Far Left
Stephen H. Norwood
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The Ori­gins and Onset of the Roman­ian Holocaust
Henry Eaton
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Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Film and Fame
Michael Munn
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The Col­lab­o­ra­tion: Hol­ly­wood’s Pact with Hitler
Ben Urwand
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Coun­try­men: The Untold Sto­ry of How Den­mark’s Jews Escaped the Nazis, of the Courage of Their Fel­low Danes — and of the Extra­or­di­nary Role of the SS
Bo Lidegaard
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The Box­er’s Sto­ry: Fight­ing for My Life in the Nazi Camps
Nathan Shapow with Bob Harris
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Mid­night at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Mod­ern Istanbul
Charles King
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The U.N. Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil in the Age of Human Rights
Jared Genser
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Rise and Decline of Civ­i­liza­tions: Lessons for the Jew­ish People
Shalom Salomon Wald
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Taint­ed Glo­ry in Han­del’s Mes­si­ah: The Unset­tling His­to­ry of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work
Michael Maris­sen
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The Pope and Mus­soli­ni: The Secret His­to­ry of Pius XI and the Rise of Fas­cism in Europe
David I. Kertzer
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Defend­ing the City of God: A Medieval Queen, the First Cru­sades, and the Quest for Peace in Jerusalem
Sha­ran Newman
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How the Bible Became Holy
Michael L Satlow
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The Pope’s Last Cru­sade: How an Amer­i­can Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Cam­paign to Stop Hitler
Peter Eis­ner
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